Shab-e-Qadr : Nocturnal Clashes broke out in Anantnag

Umaisar Gull Ganie

Anantnag, June 02 (PTK) : Massive nocturnal clashes broke out between youth and security forces during the night prayers of Shab-e- Qadir in Anantnag town on Saturday.

Report reaching to PTK said that youth gathered in the sherbagh area and raised Pro Zakir Musa and Pro Aazadi slogans and also hurled stones on the police post which triggered massive clashes in the area.

Eyewitness told PTK that forces resorted to tear smoke shells in Sherbagh and Reshibazaar area to disperse the crowd.

An old man said, “They do this deliberately to reduce the importance of Jamia Masjids.”(PTK)